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Industry super fund selects J.P. Morgan for custody

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... dynamics impacting Club Plus Super, as well as the firm's transitions and implementation team set it apart from the competition. The bank's user friendly technology, which is expected to deliver immediate benefits to the fund, also played a role in the ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... light to progress respective consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the two separate proposals after carefully considering potential cross-ownership ...

Link considers Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... process. Link told the ASX that if it decides to progress with a bid it may submit for Pillar's assets. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) indicated that it will commence a public informal merger review in respect of Links' possible ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... Jones Sukuk Total Return Index (ex-Reinvestment) gained 0.62%, while the S&P MENA Sukuk Index rose 0.59%. Improve competition in Africa, reduce poverty: World Bank Boosting competition in African consumer markets and key input sectors can help countries ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... inform the regulators' ability to understand and monitor these risks over time. It adds SMSF growth is an indicator of competition in the retail level of the superannuation system, however, assessing efficiency requires consideration of a broader range ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...

Collaboration key to surviving change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... technology space over the last few years and the term they're using for it is coopetition. So rather than being in outright competition with each other you're competing but you're also collaborating your way to success. "If you share what you try in ...

NAB appoints independent customer advocate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... 2005 she was a member of a number of consumer advisory panels, advising authorities including ASIC, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and Consumer Affairs Victoria. NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said: "We are committed to making ...

New board members at CareSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... the compliance, audit and risk management committee. McLean is an experienced director with expertise in social and competition policy, industrial relations, superannuation and financial management. He has been a director of several not-for-profit organisations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... growth in demand should underpin continued employment gains, albeit insufficient to lift inflation pressure as intense competition prompts European companies to discount selling prices while at the same time absorbing higher input costs. Japan flash ...